Brave

Movie Review on "Brave"

                 I saw "Brave" a few days ago and I thought it was pretty good. 
                The film is a Disney/Pixar movie set in the ancient and mythical times of Scotland.  The story is about a girl named Merida who is born into the royal family of the area and raised to succeed her mother in the throne.  Then three of the town clans compete for the hand of Merida which she does not care for but eventually agrees to be part of.  The three town clans then unsuccessfully compete in an archery contest for Merida's hand in marriage which leads Merida to openly proclaim that she will not marry and can take care of herself just fine.  This infuriates her mother Elinor.
               Merida and Elinor then get into a heated argument which leads to the point of no return in the story.  After the argument Merida goes to a which and asks her to change her mother but the wish backfires on her when the witch turns her mother into a bear.  Bears are feared and killed in the area so Merida then spends the rest of the movie attempting to reconcile with her mother in order to break the spell and change her mother back.
                 This movie was well done in several ways.  It was funny and entertaining while also presenting a good story with a moral lesson that never seemed too corny.  Most of Pixar's films like "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo" and "A Bug's Life" do well in making movies with good storytelling and entertainment value.  This film was definitely no exception.

Grade: B